Former chancellor's driver pleads guilty in two-year college case

The driver for former two-year college Chancellor Roy Johnson officially entered his guilty plea before a federal judge today. Robert Higgins, of Wedowee, agreed last month to plead guilty to obstruction of justice.

Higgins said in his plea agreement that he created a bogus business that would bill college vendors, and he used their money to give Johnson cash and to pay contractors working on Johnson's house.

Higgins said he and Johnson created a cover story, and then he testified falsely to the federal grand jury in Birmingham. He later recanted and began cooperating with the United States.